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Tipi Camping at Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park

Overnight tipi camping with the Blackfoot.

01 tipi camping village with valley views

6000 years of Blackfoot history

62000 square foot museum and cultural centre

Perched on a windswept bluff overlooking beautiful Bow River valley, feel the prairie winds on your face at Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park. On this summer night, beneath the stars, you're standing on ground the nomadic Blackfoot have gathered for thousands of years. Drawn to the light of the campfire, you listen in as a local elder shares stories and legends of the Blackfoot.

Later, slip inside your modern tipi and relax by the cozy wood stove on a floor covered in cozy buffalo hides. Cook food by an open flame then tuck into your sleeping bag, dreaming of a time when thousands of buffalo roamed these lands. By morning, you're ready to try some traditional Blackfoot foods like pemmican (dried meat with berries) and bannock (fry bread). Today, you'll learn how to make your own hand drum, see a dance performance, and visit the burial site of Chief Crowfoot. And when the moon rises tonight, you'll have shared a sacred part of the Blackfoot way of life.

Why you should visit

Camp under the stars at Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, in a tipi equipped with wood stove and buffalo hides.